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Joshua Walker Gore JOSHl ' A WALKEIl gore, eii.i iiieer, iilnsieist. Inventor, and professor of physics in tin- I ' nivfi-sity of ' oi-tIi Carolina, l)orn in Frederick C ' onnty, Virginia, on the 10th of Jannarv, 1852, was the son of ]Mahlou Gore and Sidney Sophia (Gather) Gore. His earliest ancestor in America was his paternal great-grandfather, John (ioro. who came from England as one of a colony of Friends and setrk ' d in London ( ' oiuity. X ' irginia, ahont 1778. His grandfather was Thomas Gore and his grandmother Sarah Walker. His maternal great-grandfather came from jSTorthern Ireland shortly after the Revo- lutionary Yar and settled in Frederick County, Virginia. The family had originally gone from Scotland, and were of the Covenanters. His maternal grandfather, James Gather, was liorn in Glasgow: and his matei ' ual grand- mother, Nancy Howard, was a native of Belfast, Ireland. James Gather enlisted in the War of 1812; he represented his county in the State Legislature in the early forties, and was a mendier of the Secession Convention of 1801, voting against that measure. ri)on the fir-;t rumor of invasion by Federal siddiers, however, he raised a company of home guartls. S ich is the family hist(]ry of the breed, a stock that has given to the country some if its strongest men. Mr. Gore ' s father, who was a farmer and merchant, died in 18()0, when ilr. Gore was but eight years old, and he was deprived of a father ' s guidance; but the devoted mother was both father and mother to the boy. He was prepared for college at Loudon N ' alley Academy, was a student at Richmond College for two years, and spent two yeai-s at the Fuiversity of A ' irginia, making his degree of Civil Engineer there in 1875. He then spent two years at Johns Hopkins (1870-78) as fellow in nuithematics, paying espe- cial attention also to physics. From his fellowship at Johns Hopkins Ir. (xore went to a professorship of physics and chemistry in Southwestern Bajjtist I ' niversity, and in 1881 became associated with Colonel Venable in the department of mathematics in the University of Virginia. From ' irginia ]Mr. Gore was called to the I ' ni- versity of North Carolina in 1882, as j)rofessor of jjhysies. At the University of North Carolina he made an en iable reputation as a teacher, and, as dean of the L ' niversity, helped to bear the burdens of four admin- istrations. He was wholly responsible for the electric light plant, and in large measure for the heating and water plants. He was greatly interested in and ' .
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aided in the fcmnding of the rniversity Press. The School of Ai)piied Sciences, of which he was made dean, owed its establishment largely to his initiative. His remark able executive ability and excellent business sense brought him many flattering offers from beyond the liounds of the State, but he preferred to remain with the University of North Carolina. On Xovember 9, 1883, Professor Gore married iliss largaret Coriuthia Williams, daughter of l e ' . J. Will Williams of Tialtimorf, with wlmm his hdiiie life was singularly hap]iy. Mr. Gore departed this life April 9, 1908, and his good deeds live after him. The editors of Yacketv Ywk dedicate this number of the annual to him in loving memory of his distinguished services to the University, and his readi- ness to help in every way everything that was for the n])lift of the individual student or of the student budy. CoLLiKi! Cobb. . V
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